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INTRODUCTORY STUFF

What is mom?
Definitions of terms used in this manual
Using mom

TYPESETTING WITH MOM

Intro to typesetting macros
Page setup
Basic typesetting parameters
Justifying, quadding, etc.
Refinements
Modifying type
Vertical movements
Tabs
Multiple columns
Indents
Goodies
Inline escapes
Coloured text

DOCUMENT PROCESSING WITH MOM

Introduction to document processing
Preliminary document setup
The document element tags -- heads, subheads, footnotes, etc.
Headers and footers
Pagination
Recto/verso printing and collating
Cover pages
Writing letters
Using typesetting macros during document processing
Appendices

The Table of Contents Proper

1. WHAT IS MOM?

2. DEFINITIONS OF TERMS USED IN THIS MANUAL

3. USING MOM

4. THE TYPESETTING MACROS

4.1 Introduction to the typesetting macros
4.2 Page Setup -- paper size and page margins
- 4.2.1 Macro list
4.3 Basic Parameters -- family, font, point size, line space, line length, autolead
- 4.3.1 Macro list
4.4 Justifying, Quadding, Filling and Breaking Lines
- 4.4.1 Macro list
4.5 Refinements -- word space, sentence space, letter spacing (track kerning), hyphenation, kerning, ligatures
- 4.5.1 Macro list
4.6 Modifying Type -- pseudo-italic, -bold, -condensed, and -extended
- 4.6.1 Macro list
4.7 Vertical Movements -- moving up and down on the page
- 4.7.1 Macro list
4.8 Tabs
4.9 Multi-columns
- 4.9.1 Macro list
4.10 Indents
- 4.10.1 A brief explanation of how mom handles indents
- 4.10.2 Macro list
4.11 Goodies -- aliases, transparent lines, smartquotes, caps, underscoring/underlining, padding lines, leaders, drop caps, superscripts, (nested) lists
- 4.11.1 Macro list
4.12 Inline Escapes
4.13 Coloured text
- 4.13.1 Introduction to coloured text
- 4.13.2 Macro list

5. DOCUMENT PROCESSING WITH MOM

5.1 Introduction to document processing
5.2 Some document defaults
- IMPORTANT NOTE on leading/spacing and bottom margins
- The SHIM macro -- to get document leading back on track
5.3 PRELIMINARY DOCUMENT SETUP
- 5.3.1 Tutorial -- setting up a mom document
- 5.3.2 The Reference Macros
- 5.3.3 The Docstyle Macros
  - 5.3.3.1 DOCTYPE -- kind of document
  - 5.3.3.2 PRINTSTYLE -- typeset or typewrite
  - 5.3.3.3 COPYSTYLE -- draft or final
- 5.3.4 Changing Type and Style Parameters before START
  - 5.3.4.1 Typesetting macros -- usage
    - Colour
  - 5.3.4.2 DOC_LEAD_ADJUST -- adjust document leading to fill pages
  - 5.3.4.3 DOCHEADER -- managing the docheader
  - 5.3.4.4 COLUMNS -- setting documents in columns
- 5.3.5 ***START*** -- the macro to initiate document processing
- 5.3.6 Changing Document-wide Style Parameters after START
  - 5.3.6.1 Macro list
5.4 THE DOCUMENT ELEMENT TAGS
- 5.4.1 Introduction to the document element tags
  - Control macros -- changing style defaults for document element tags
  - Arguments to the control macros
- 5.4.2 Epigraphs
- 5.4.3 Paragraphs
- 5.4.4 Main heads
- 5.4.5 Subheads
- 5.4.6 Paragraph heads
- 5.4.7 Linebreaks -- author linebreaks
- 5.4.8 Quotes -- line for line poetic quotes or unformatted, verbatim text
- 5.4.9 Blockquotes -- cited material
- 5.4.10 Lists -- (nested) lists
- 5.4.11 Footnotes
- 5.4.12 Endnotes
- 5.4.13 Blank page
- 5.4.14 Table of contents
- 5.4.15 Document termination -- FINIS
5.5 DOCUMENT HEADERS AND FOOTERS
5.6 PAGINATION
- Introduction
- Pagination macros list
5.7 RECTO/VERSO PRINTING AND COLLATING
- 5.7.1 Introduction to recto/verso
  - 5.7.1.1 Macro list
- 5.7.2 Introduction to collating
  - 5.7.2.1 The COLLATE macro
5.8 CREATING A COVER PAGE
5.9 WRITING LETTERS
5.10 USING TYPESETTING MACROS DURING DOCUMENT PROCESSING

6. APPENDICES